Divisional rivals in NFC title game

The Packers against the Bears in the NFC Championship game is unusual in one respect, at least in recent years.

You have to go back 21 NFC titles games, to the 1989 season, to find an instance in which two teams from the same division played for the NFC Championship.

In the '89 season, the San Francisco 49ers played the Los Angeles Rams, both of the Western Division of the NFC, played for the conference championship. The 49ers, who finished the regular season with a 14-2 record, beat the 11-5 Rams, 30-3.

The 49ers went on to smash the Denver Broncos, 55-10, in Super Bowl XXIV.

About Bob Wolfley

Bob Wolfley retired in October 2014 He wrote the SportsDay blog and column and about TV and radio issues.